Friday, May 19, 2017

An Asian woman >>> IN ALL WAYS FROM OUTSIDE
THE 43RD COUNCIL DISTRICT <<< is most likely to be a Democrat also-ran
in the 2017 Democratic Primary.
Nonetheless, overall she has raised almost as much money as leading GOP
candidate John Quaglione; and in the most
recent FCB reporting cycle, she has
raised much more than all the Republican candidates in the 43rd Council
District combined

THIS ARTICLE WILL MAKE ME VERY FEW FRIENDS AMONG ANY
REPUBLICANS AND/OR CONSERVATIVES
--- BUT SOMETIMES ONE HAS TO
SPEAK TRUTH TO PATHETIC WEAKNESS

The
Brooklyn Eagle’s Paula Katinas --- who generally sugar
coats things for many Bay Ridge Republican candidates --- has
written the first definitive article in this election cycle demonstrating that >>>
NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE HAS MUCH OF A CHANCE <<< to become
the NYC Council Member from the 43rd Council
District. Ms. Katinas doesn’t say it that way in as many
words, but it’s all there in black and white and plain as day
anyway.

The
Eagle article by Paula Katinas begins like this: "In one
fell swoop, Democrat Nancy Tong has propelled herself into the top ranks of
candidates running for outgoing Councilmember Vincent Gentile’s seat, according
to figures from New York City Campaign Finance Board (CFB) that showed that she
raised an impressive $53,650 in campaign donations during the most recent filing
period...." (See “Tong fundraising kicks into high
gear” by Paula Katinas, 5/18/17, Brooklyn
Daily Eagle [https://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/2017/5/18/tong-fundraising-kicks-high-gear]). And,
mainly, the local journalist’s focus is on Ms. Tong and the
Democrats; however, the real bombshell in Paula’s piece
about fund raising is what shows about >>> ALL THE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES AND THEIR SUPPORTERS…..

THE
BURIED LEAD VIS A VIS >>> THE 2017 REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATES

As far as I’m concerned, Paula Katinas buried her lead in the ultimate,
penultimate and antepenultimate paragraphs of this article…..

Those
last three paragraphs all deal with the Republican candidates in the 43rd Counc.
Dist. --- and it ain’t pretty; in fact, it’s
more than pretty grim.

Here
it is (quoting myself from above, but with more emphasis) “IN
BLACK AND WHITE” and “AS PLAIN AS DAY”: “…. On the Republican side
of the aisle, John Quaglione, deputy chief of staff to state Sen. Marty
Golden, raised $25,947 in the latest filing period and now has a total of
$48,858 in overall campaign contributions, according to the CFB…. Liam
McCabe, a former aide to U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, raised $4,857 during the filing
period and has $25,203 for his campaign overall…. Bob Capano
raised $11,755 in the most recent filing period. Capano, an adjunct professor
at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has a total of $18,905 at his
disposal.”

For
those of you that still don’t get it, let me do the math for
you….. The Republican haul in the last cycle for ALL the 43rd district candidates was this: $25,947 plus $4,857
plus $11,755, for a total of $42,559; or
to say it another way, and also to put it into context, over eleven
thousand dollars ($11,000) less than the amount raised by Democrat
Nancy Tong ALONE….

.

Another very
big number is the total cash advantage of the 43rd Council
District Democrat candidates over their piss-poor Republican
co-contenders. I won’t do the math on that one because I’m
sure your heads will all explode if and when you see the actual number.

WHAT DOES IS ALL MEAN ? ? ?

Well, for
2017 for the Republicans and Conservatives in Bay Ridge, Dyker
Heights, Bath Beach and some of Bensonhurst; as
Frank Sinatra once sang --- “Put your dreams away for
another day….”

Gail, I thought that Arlene Bakke Rutuelo was an FOB - "Friend of Bob's." Is Bob Capano one of those nut cases that calls everybody he knows a "Friend of Bob"?And see if you can find out if Marty Golden told his staffer ABR to name his other staffer JQ to be the Honorary Norwegian Parade Marshall, or maybe it was the Chief of Staff Skells GK.

To 12:37 PM, have a little respect. GK's official title is 'Conservative Party Permanent Payoff as Marty Golden's Chief of Staff Skells' In the ongoing 'Battle of Brooklyn' never forget that this is the motto: 'Never has so much been given to so few for doing so little."

238 is right. .that is the deal that has been made..heard from 3 people. .but what is missing is Bob has agreed to the deal also as Qs chief of staff..There will be no republican primary. .mark it down

THE SHOCKING THING THAT I HEARD FROM ONE OF THE CANDIDATES DID NOT INCLUDE MUCH OF WHAT HAS BEEN REGURGITATED ABOVE IN THIS THREAD

A few items by a few of the anonymous commenters above might fall into some of the gaps in what I did hear. However, I suspect that those instances are purely coincidental, and they do not reflect any real plans or deals.

BTW, some of those commenters above really ought try their hands at suspense fiction with underlying conspiracy plots.

Gailwind, of course they aren't real plans or deals. Most of the blowhards and loose thinkers that made some the comments up above don't know that a good deal needs to benefit all sides, and a good plan shouldn't have too many small or movable parts. What was described in most of the noise up above fails on both counts.

Some of the posters on here are in the loop while the haters try to shoot the messengers. Golden dangling Massey to Malliotakis but so far she isn't taking the bait because the price too high. Rank and file don't want Massey and Marty knows that so next best play is to have Nicole endorse John and hire all of Liam's no where left to go Manhattan staffers.

Maybe, 'some of the posters on here are in the loop...", but I doubt it. Being loopy and being in the loop aren't the same thing. Just because some wacky political moves get talked about at Golden's State Senate Office, that doesn't even make it a plan, and it's even less a deal.

What gets done to Nicole in that office regularly once was called 'a fate worse than death'. The staff all take their turn; everybody knows that sometimes they do it as a group thing. The Chief of Staff GK, who has JK as a nickname and nom de plume, can't seem to stop any of what's going on, but everybody says he's Nicole's friend. If that's true, then it's an abusive relationship.

Nicole has a big ego, Jerry's smart enough to take advantage of that by feeding her ego for his own gain. I'm sure he's chuckling along with the rest of the office every time he gets off the phone with her.

EVERYBODY HAS AVOIDED ADDRESSING THE VERY SERIOUS THEME AND TENOR OF MY POST ABOVE: FOR REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES, MAJOR PLAYERS AND OPERATORS IN ALL OTHER CATEGORIES, WHEN IT COMES TO THE 43RD DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL RACE --- IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER ! ! !

The same applies to the all the 2017 county-wide and city-wide races.....

If it means getting a payday, or squirreling away cash in some other way; well, that might be another story. However, don't talk about winning anything; it just makes you look like you're trying to fool somebody.....

gale you right.I was the one who posted nicole will get 25% and I was being generous. Rudy had the liberal line and Bloomberg had the independence line. The conservative party will be an albatross hanging around nicoles neck. If nicole declines to take it and gets another line then maybe something can happen.

In Bay Ridge the conservative party matters only to make deals with the Democrats throughout the rest of the borough and make sure that MG is the only republican elected official in Brooklyn. That party is all about patronage and don't stand for anything.

What a joke all this is. The Republicans and Conservatives are done in Brooklyn. Even Golden only gets re-elected because certain Democrats and moneyed interests want him to keep his seat so the Republicans can have their make believe majority in the state senate.

It sure looks like somebody is done in Brooklyn. Get a good look at what Quags Tweeted about 'a great house party in Dyker Heights'. Is there any rational reason why he is trying to blowup his own campaign.

Good turnout at Norwegian parade today, while it's true Quaglione had no volunteers with him and didn't necessarily look good, Liam's act of bringing the Manhattan kids to Bay Ridge is getting old and obvious. Only "volunteer" who lives in Brooklyn isn't even old enough to vote.

His campaign manager girlfriend is from Bay Ridge, but a registered Conservative. His volunteer coordinator and fundraiser are all Repubs, but from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, as is his biz partner who has some role, but no one is sure what it is. His consultant is from Brooklyn, but word is the East Siders have convinced Liam that they know more about strategy and direct mail.

Dear Galeykins, this looks like a battle of the 'isn't even old enough to vote' campaigns between McCabe and Quaglione. If you want to pick a winner, bet on Quaglione. The picture he posted of a house party in Dyker Heights showed he has lots of underage support all around.

839 pm.I heard same thing..McCabe told the East Siders they will be getting paid for the direcy mail when the matching funds come in and Jerry O will not..hope Obrien is not banking on matching funds to get his pay day! Not gonna happen

Come on folks let's get real. Liam didn't have any Brooklyn volunteers let alone Bay Ridge volunteers, they were walking around like they were in a foreign country. Only Batya from the teenage Republican club was from Brooklyn. Q was with his wife and two daughters.

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